Holiday Mode

Since today is a holiday, I had the pleasure of waking up late. We had brunch around 1oam. I didn’t prepared breakfast, we just had the left over pancit canton, mom cooked last night.

After our late breakfast, Hubz went back at his work place to fix my laptop that has hardware problem since Sunday. I am about to miss my baby but then Hubz was really nice and loving enough for letting me use his laptop. I bloghop, surf and changed my blogger template. As I am figuring out how to make that strawberry header to fit (Help!!!!), I then realize, it's already 1pm, what!!!! Poor hubz, he's eating late meals lately. So I hurriedly cook for our very late lunch.

Hubz and I agreed to have chicken adobo.

I almost jump for joy after I tasted it because I cooked a perfect adobo, which was not too much on the vinegar nor not too much on the soy sauce. I many times cooked this dish but failed to balance the saltiness and sourness. But this time, I got it. We had it too for dinner, I just add hard boiled eggs and to make it hotter I put chillies. Perfect!!!!...

By the way, tomorrow is another non-working day, Quezon City day, Halleluah!!! Hope everyone is having a grand time :)

Weekend Rambling

Hahaha...I did a lot of tags today. Those were overdue tags that I promised to do. I have few more left. I'll be doing them these coming days. So watch out for it :)

Now, let me update you a bit about my colorful life (as if). Aside from the glorious long weekend that many of us will enjoy, I am excited to bake more yummy goodies. Hubz bought an oven. He knew I've longing to have this. Though we have a microwave with bake function, I much prefer a bigger oven. This means, more more cupcakes and cheesecakes recipe to post. :)

While half my heart rejoices...half of it was not. My BFF at work bid her goodbye yesterday. I've cried bucket when I heard the news the other week. But I need to be mature to face this situation. Thinking of the great opportunity awaits her made me realize that I am not losing her. She will always be there. So last night, the team had a little drinking session party, hahaha. Just have a few shots of tequila, singing once in a while and some good laughs made us all happy. The husband and I left much earlier because he was sleepy na and on our way home, I sent a text message to her saying

It's not goodbye yet, it's see you later...

As I pressed the send button, tears just rolled over. My heart cried in sadness, in silence. After working with her for 5 years, I will surely miss her. So while she is her at Pinas, visiting her will lessen the missing her part

Okay...enough of my doldrums...Lets all enjoy the weekend :) See yah later!

Tag: Make Up Essentials

Thanks to loving Mami Cez for this tag. Sorry for doing this so late ha. :)
Pretty blogger participants 1.100% Kelly2.A Reality Bite 3. My Views On My So Called Life 4.Cez't La Vie 5.Starin' A New Life 6. Startin' A New LIfeToo 7. YOUR BLOG HERE
I am not really into make up, I work at an engineering company and I am know as one of the boys. When I do some make up application my co-workes would tease...lolz Anyway here are my "essentials" The milk sunblock, the dewy flower moisturiser and the phytogenic face powder, all from the faceshop. I just love everything from the faceshop. Very gentle just enough for sensitive skin.

I also used their non sticky lipgloss, again from The Face Shop. :) Well that's about it. I just make my self simple everyday. The last time I had my total make-up was 5 years ago...That was my wedding hehehe! I am passing this to Dyanie, Toni & Rachel. I wanted to know what this pretty young ladies uses. So enjoy! :)

Tag: I love shopping

Thanks Ms. Beautiful Em of mysomethingpurple for tagging me. I heart this tag.
Yeah I love shopping...who doesn't anyway. For now, I wanted a pair of new rocking ipanema flipflop, a purple bag, a new top, a psp, a new lens..hmmm...I have so many in mind...hubz hope your reading this, hahaha.

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Have fun!

Tag: A good wife in the 1930's

Tagged by Wits, Thanks for this Ms. J and oh Sheng tagged me with this too.. Thank you girls...

You Would Make an Okay 1930's Wife

You have some of the attributes of an ideal 1930's wife... but you probably didn't intend it to be that way. You don't buy into retro gender roles, though you do embrace your femininity at times. A 1930's man may find you passable, but you probably wouldn't want anything to do with him.

Would You Have Been a Good Wife in the 1930s?

Haha...you think I am like that...husband let them know, hahaha.

Now I am tagging Odette, Leah, Norms, Gracie, Caryn & Javaqueen
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I got a question!

Oh gee...I am a busy, busy as a busy bee.
For the meantime, let me leave a question for you guys to exercise those brain muscles, don't worry this wont be a toughie :)

Here is the thing I wanted to know...

What makes you happy today!
Happy weekend to al!

Hot Shoes!

I badly need to look for good work-out shoes. My last pair bid its goodbye the other day. So I was not able to go the gym this afternoon. Bummer! Went to the mall to look for quality but of a fair price but I was not that lucky to find any. It is so expensive.

So I did some canvassing online, hoping that I could find any great pair. Now a day, it is easier to shop online. So I surf the net for good finds. Upon surfing, I found a good site for my shoe shopping, the SHOEBACCA. Their shoe store online is quite easy to navigate and very customer friendly. They also have a wide variety of brand, style that caters everything you could ask for.

One more thing good about their site, is that the shoes they have are of good quality and the prices are so affordable. Shoebacca bridge the gap between classy and inexpensive.

Oh dear,this is fun, browsing their site, I found many cheap shoes. This discounted adidas shoes will surely fit me. Check their site, who knows, you might find for one.

Sunday Lunch-FIsh Fillet and Potato Salad

I cooked sweet and sour fish fillet for today's lunch. My sister-in-law and his husband were here for lunch so this practical dish made our lunch satisying. :)

So to do this, you'll need:

1 kilo fish fillet (any white meat fish will do)

A cup of pineapple chunk (set aside the syrup)

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup vinegar

1-2 tbsp tomato sauce

cornstarch dissolve in water

red bell pepper cut in strips

salt and pepper

After having the stuffs you need, you'll just

1. Cut the fish fillet in serving pieces. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Your choice, you can fry or grill the fillet. I grilled mine. Place in a serving plate and set aside

2. In low heat, dissolve the sugar in pinepple. Pour the vinegar and let it simmer. Add the tomato sauce.

3. Add the dissolve cornstarch. Continuously mix it until it thickens. Add the pineapple and bell pepper. Simmer for a while.

4. Pour over the cooked fish fillet.

Serve and enjoy :).

Then I made potato salad.

You just need :

4 lbs baby potato (boiled & peeled)

cup of mayo

1 tbsp of mustard

4 hard boiled eggs chopped

1/4 cup Pickles-chopped

lettuce cut in small pieces

sugar

salt & pepper to taste

1. This is easy, just mix the mayo & mustard.

2. Add sugar, salt and pepper according to your taste .

3. Then throw in the lettuce and eggs.

4.When everything is mix, pour the dressing over the potato.

5. Sprinkle with chopped bacon or with chopped celery.

So that how it's easy to prepare.

Hubz says it taste good.

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We had a wonderful lunch and a good conversation over a cup of coffee. Though I only ate the salad, I can't hardly chew, my braces are newly adjusted. They said the food taste great and got a thumbs up from hubz and the in-laws...yehey!!!! So how was your weekend

Tag: I hate this chores

Tagged by Alpha. Thanks for this sis.

As of this moment, while doing this meme, I am doing tons of laundry. Tiring it is but hey I love the scent of fresh laundry so it's a bit rewarding after I finish everything.

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This meme is pretty simple.Here are the rules:

1.) List down the household chores you hate and why. Do you think you can survive without helpers and nannies?

2.) Copy the image.

3.) Tag as many girlfriends you want, the daddies and hubbies can also join.

4.) Add your blog’s link in the domesticated divas linky love. You can add all your blogs.

5.) Leave ME a comment and I’ll add you up in the masterlist.

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My List:

Actually, I am lucky because my mom lives at the next door, so during weekdays, she just clean our mess in the morning. We only have a small house, so it's easier for her to clean stuffs. During weekend, I do the cooking. I love cooking and baking but I hate cleaning my mess, hahaha. I hate cleaning the bathroom so my hubby do that. I love do the laundry if and only if, there's a washing machine. I tried washing clothes, the small one only with my own hands and it so difficult hahaha.

Hmmm...I guess thats about it, the rest of the housechores are the one I really love doing. :)

Now, I am tagging ever loving mom sheng, new found blog friend karen, Food Lover Ayen & cooking diva in the making Odette

Love for cooking

I came from a family who loves to cook. My mom owned a small food business before, and my uncle worked as a cook. As I grew up, I fell in love with cooking. Now that I am married, I wanted to have a bigger kitchen filled with the finest cooking tools and utilities. I searched the web and found this amazing site that offers everything I need for cooking. They have a wide array of cookwares and kitchen gadgets to name some of the products they have.

They also have great items for dining. I remember when we celebrated my grandma’s 82nd birthday, relatives not only appreciated our cooking but also the flatwares we have. I saw one nice flatware online that will definitely add pizzaz in our next party. I wanted to have that 45-piece flatware set asap. Guess got to include this in my Christmas wishtlist
Have a great weekend to all!